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Friday, April 26th, 2024
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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1. נוֹצָה or נֹצָה notsah' (fuom נָצָת, to fly), a pinion or wing-feather, Ezekiel 17:3; Ezekiel 17:7 (falsely "ostrich" in Job 39:13; but it means the excrement of the crop in Leviticus 1:16).
2. אֶבְרָה, ebrah' (fem. of אֶבֶר, Isaiah 40:21, which has the same meaning), likewise a pinion or wing-feather, Psalms 68:13; Psalms 91:4 (inexactly "wing," Deuteronomy 32:11; Job 39:13).
3. Incorrectly for הֲסַירָה chasidah', Job 39:13, the stork, as elsewhere rendered. (See WING).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Feather'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/f/feather.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Feather'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/f/feather.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
